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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

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oceanwriter's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This series has caught my eye for a while, especially when the movie came out. I’ve been hesitant to pick it up because I’m not typically one for the horror genre. I joined a buddy read which gave me the push I needed to read it.

Jacob grew up listening to his grandfather’s stories of the peculiar children he knew growing up. As he got older, he discredited his tales as fiction. Never could he have imagined one of those stories coming to fruition and taking his grandfather’s life. No one believes his own story now, thinking him traumatized and mentally unwell.

Jacob believes the answer to his nightmares lies in his grandfather’s stories. He convinces his parents to allow him to take a trip to England where his grandfather lived during World War II. There, he ends up finding the portal into the past.

I was surprised by how absorbed I got into the book. Yet, whenever I put it down, I didn’t find myself thinking about it. My interest was mostly in the beginning, however. By the end, I was weirded out by the relationship between Jacob and Emma’s relationship. While I could anticipate the book ending on a cliffhanger given there are other books that follow, I was a little annoyed as I don’t feel invested enough to jump immediately into book two.

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gnpunpun's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Nostalgic

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gentle_garbage_baby's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

It was fine - didn't enthral me or anything. The photographs were a nice addition though.

Also Jacob getting with Emma? Super weird considering she legit dated his grandad.

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rhgrimes's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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ran_sophia's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

It is an excellent book and I enjoyed reading it. I liked the writing and storytelling style. It was smooth and moderately fast.

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blairwatson's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.5

This book is an absolute disaster.
Vibe
It started off quite good, with a mysterious vibe (not sth I’d read personally but I’m looking for sth new and I can understand how ppl can like this book).

I really like how things were described when Jacob found his granddad dead in the woods.

It’s really spooky and I like it. But from then on to near the ending, it completely lost that vibe and it went all cheerful and colorful. The ending was a little darker but it didn’t live up to the vibe at the beginning.
Plot and world building
The plot is quite questionable and the pace is inconsistent
Characters
Jacob
I first thought he was a man in his late 20s even tho he’s 15. The way he thinks and acts and talks is not how teenagers usually talk. I’m aware that some teenagers are more serious/mature than others but he isn’t that.
He then went on to

Date his granddad’s ex and snogged her even tho he knows it’s practically incest

He’s quite thick for someone who is supposed to be smart. His plans are really poorly thought out and he really has no other talent than

seeing monsters

Emma
I do not like her at all. She’s 88. I know that she’s in this time loop thingy but she just continued to date her ex’s grandson which is just weird and their relationship seems really toxic too.

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